The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-24

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during the coming winter were submit
ted to a meeting Of stockholders III
Philadelphia Monday evening. II is
expected that the contract will be put
under way by October l.
Jonas Miller. Prosecutor Of the Pleas
for Cape May county. is still missing,
although he was heard from last week
by the County Col ectOr Of Cape May
County. Judge Reed has requested
Edmund b. Leaning, Of Camden, to
act as Prosecutor during the term of
court commencing next Tuesday. Mr..
Leaning has advised the Judge that
his firm was interesting in several case
to come before the Court, and it he
accepted the appointment the cases
would have to go over for the term.
Mercer Beasley, Jr., Prosecutor of
the Pleas of Mercer County, and son
of Chief Justice BeaSlty, of the State
Supreme Court, committed suicide at
his homie in Trenton. on Friday, by
shooting a bullet into his head. He
had been addicted to drink of late.
The Prohibitionist eff the First As
sembly district of Camden have nomi-
mated James Freeman, Of the Fourth
ward.
The President has appointed Ed
gar f. Dell as Postmaster at Woodbury.
N. j, vice G. p. Abbott, resigned.
Judge Glasgow has commenced a
daily afternoon edition Of his weekly
Gazette. of Burlington, making three
dailies now published in that city, 1t
9 a handsome five column paper, and
Democratic in politics.
The following residents of Sonth ,Jer-
sey have been drawn on the United
States Grand Jury, which began its
deliberations Tuesday. Thomas II.
! Lee and James b. Woodward, Borden
| town; Thomas B. Applrget and Charles
|. Hazard, Hiphestown, and Edward
Mills, Camden.
G.: G.. Green, the millionaire medi-
cine manufacturer, of Woodbury., has
given a $4,000 parsonage TO Wenonah
M~ethodists, g 600 towards the Wood
bury new NJ. f. Church and some time
ago he gave $500 to Pennington Sem
mary.
! One of the attractions at the Cum
berland County Fair, which will open
on Tuesday next, will be the marriage
of two couples in the presence of the
throng of visitors.
William Pierman. of Gloucester, at
tempted suicide Wednesday, cutting
himself with a razor. Mrs. Holmes
was severely cut in taking the razor
from him.
The thick foggv weather of the last
few days has caused a fresh outbreak
of the spinal meningitis amoung the
horses of Cape May county, and eigh-
teen new cases were reported there
on Wednesday. These have been five
deaths since sunday.
Deputy Collector Hendrickson has
Gently unearthed eighty liquor deal
- IN Monmouth county WHO had not
paid the internal revenue tax of S2j.
Fifty six of these were along the shore
and out of this number thirty three
were detected in so called temperance
resorts, Asbury Park heading the list
with twenty three offenders.
Edward S. Reed, of Atlantic City,
has been appointed Receiver for the
iron pier at that place, which owes
$1,000. The bounded indebtedness of
the company is $4,000; the paid-ur
capital, $40, 600 and the value of the
property $4,000.
a number of prisoners in the Tren-
ton Penitentiary were detected OIL Tues
day imam attempt to escape from pris-
on by cutting theiI way through the
stone wall. They were picking at the
masonry with ordinary table knives
and forks.
The OIL, Paint and Drug Reporter
says: 1T is reported that a New
brunswick man has completed a lit
10 Cengine no bigger than a base burn
seve Stove, with a l0-horse power ca
sw~3lty. BY an ingenious device oil
and air generate a vapoi viii CHI finds
place in il chamber. When the gas va.
por ignites it gives motion to the pls-
ton, and without any further attention
the engine will run until stopped.
The cylinders, of which there are two
are small arrangements, but of won
derful strength. The moter power is
oDlailled by the use OF cfude petfO-
leum aud compassionate. To run a
20-horse power engine all day costs
about 30 cents at the present price of
Pennsylvania petroleum. a single
feature of the engine is that it can be
regulated to run at either /, 2, 3 or
more horse power, according TO the de-
mands made upon it. The governor
il so sensitive that it limits the supply
Of oil strictly to the amount of power
used.
Married.
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